Bill Commons

NY A 1759

in committee

Enacts the "migrant home rule transfer and transparency act"

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1759 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1759 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

What is NY A 1759 about?

Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

Who sponsors NY A 1759?

Marianne Buttenschon is the primary sponsor of NY A 1759, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits a municipality from relocating migrants from such municipality to another municipality in New York unless and until a resolution authorizing the relocation has been adopted by the governing bodies of both the municipality to which the migrants are to be relocated and the county in which the receiving municipality is located; mandates written notice prior to location; provides for a fine for violations.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Marianne Buttenschonprimary
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor
  • Jake Ryan Blumencranzcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8008not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 836

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1759?summary=&detail=

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